31/12/2025
Over the years, I’ve completed quite a few projects in the and area—almost always through word of mouth. Friends to friends, neighbors to neighbors. That’s exactly how this project came to be. Two long-time clients recommended me, and I’m grateful every time that happens.
This design includes a bench on the left. The original idea was for it to double as a step-up in case of an emergency exit through the basement window, but its main purpose is a large storage drawer and a comfortable spot to take a load off 😃.
This Murphy bed is built entirely from hard maple and maple ply. It features five LARGE solid-maple drawers with dovetailed 5/8" thick drawer boxes and 1/2" bottom panels—no saggy 1/4" bottoms here! Every drawer rides smoothly on soft-close undermount slides, and all doors are soft-close as well.
I also upgraded the overlay doors and drawer fronts to inset and added embedded, dimmable LED lighting to the undersides of the shelves at no extra cost to my clients. While building, it just felt like exactly what the project needed.
My clients absolutely knocked it out of the park with their color choices—brushed brass and Carnelian. Total Gryffindor vibes!
This was a fun project from start to finish, and I truly appreciate my clients trusting me with both their project and their home.